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These designations are designed to rate each player's Fantasy value for the current week only and have no bearing on his value for the season as a whole.

Any player dealing with injury will have the injury listed in parentheses after his name. His condition will most definitely influence his category designation for the week.

Any players not appearing on these lists are presumed to be below "don't bother" status and are obvious sits in Fantasy.

The information has been updated through Saturday, July 28.

Catcher

The catcher position took a bit of a hit this week, as J.P. Arencibia had his hand broken by a foul tip on Wednesday. Jeff Mathis will -- barring some kind of a trade -- take over as Toronto's starting catcher, and he makes for an interesting pick-up in deeper leagues. A former top Angels prospect, Mathis landed as high as 22nd on Baseball America's rankings. He had some nice power numbers for a catcher (as many as 21 home runs and 33 doubles in single seasons), before being called up to Anaheim and ... fizzling. His batting average was under .200 as often as it was over the mark. And his power failed to really translate to the majors. But as Arencibia's backup in Toronto, Mathis seemed to unlock at least some of his minor league promise. His .250 average is markedly higher than his career mark, and his .807 OPS is at least .100 points higher than any point in his career. In deeper leagues, where desperation is the name of the game, and catchers like John Jaso and Rod Barajas are off the market, Mathis may turn out to be a viable grab for a team badly in need of a second catcher.

The Red Sox have seven games next week, only one of which is against a lefty. This sets up Saltalamacchia nicely. The switch hitter has put up much better numbers against RHPs this year than against their southpaw counterparts:vs RHP: 222 AB, .243 average, 19 home runs, .844 OPSvs LHP: 40 AB, .175 average, one home run, .558 OPSOnce the Sox batters battle through the Scherzer/Verlander combo at the start of their week, they have a tasty group of pitchers waiting for them: Rick Porcello, Samuel Deduno, Brian Duensing, Cole De Vries and Nick Blackburn.

The Twins run into four lefties this week, and it's not the greatest group a hitter would like to see: Jose Quintana, Chris Sale, Jon Lester and Felix Doubront. Doumit is hitting .307 against RHPs this year, but only .256 vs lefties. Additionally, his OPS against right-handers (.849) is over .100 points higher than his OPS against lefties (.724). You want more? In his career, Doumit has hit just .250 against the Red Sox and .238 against the White Sox. He has just one home run in 18 games against the two clubs.

Here's a fun little bit of trivia to throw out at all the women you meet at bars this weekend: From July 18 to July 25, which first-base eligibile player had the most points in standard Fantasy points leagues? If your ladyfriend is still standing there, somewhat interested, ask her to marry you immediately. And, as part of your vows later that night in Las Vegas, you can reveal to her that it is ... Michael Morse. He's gotten passed by a couple players since then, including Ike Davis with his three-homer game Saturday, but the point is he's finally coming around! Morse is owned in 96 percent of our leagues, and started in 86 percent, meaning there are still some leagues and owners out there who are not fully on-board with the Morse renaissance. If you have a hole in the outfield, now might be the time to pounce on him with a subtle buy-low offer. But only after you've selected your china patterns.

The A's have a fun little schedule this week, facing four lefties in their seven games. Get past Monday, when they face a test against David Price -- who has a not-insurmountable 3.62 ERA in five starts against Oakland -- and the A's have somewhat smooth sailing with the remaining three LHPs -- Brett Cecil, Ricky Romero (who they just torched for eight runs in 1 1/3 IP on Wednesday) and Aaron Laffey. Chris Carter, who displayed a ton of power in the minors, will likely start against the lefties, while getting at least one or two against the three RHPs the A's are facing.Awesome, dude. He starts against lefties and sometimes against righties. Why should I care? Because Carter, in 29 at-bats against lefties, has an .895 OPS. Those are the starts we know he's going to get. But against right-handers, Carter is slugging .889, with five home runs in 27 at-bats. If he can keep hitting in the LHP starts, and concurrently force himself into and carry the momentum over to the RHP starts, he could do a lot of damage against a relatively weak set of opposing pitchers this coming week.

There's usually not much to get excited about with a player hitting .216, but Ike Davis had been in such a rut all season, his recent breakout -- he's batting .317 (13 for 41) with seven home runs over his last 10 games -- has been cause for his owners to celebrate. Unfortunately, Davis and the Mets are about to embark on a west coast swing to two of the more daunting parks in baseball -- San Francisco's AT&T Park, and San Diego's PETCO Park. Additionally, he catches the wrong pitchers at the wrong stadiums: Madison Bumgarner (3.10 overall; 1.89 ERA at home), Tim Lincecum (5.88 overall; 3.90 ERA at home), Matt Cain (2.80 overall; 2.13 ERA at home), Barry Zito (3.89 overall; 3.41 ERA at home), Clayton Richard (4.17 overall; 3.71 ERA at home), Edinson Volquez (3.30 overall; 2.84 ERA at home), and Jason Marquis (5.25 overall, 3.60 ERA at PETCO, since joining the Padres).

Let's play a game: Which Weeks Has More? I'll give you a category, and see if you can guess if Jemile or Rickie, both struggling mightily this year, has more of each. Ready?Hits (Jemile--81 to 73)Runs (Jemile--46 to 40)Steals (Jemile--14 to seven)Doubles (Rickie--20 to 12)Walks (Rickie--50 to 42)The brothers rank 19th (Rickie) and 21st (Jemile) in standard points leagues, so they're pretty much even. Jemile is owned in 51 percent of leagues and started in 28 percent, while Rickie is owned in 77 percent and started in 54 percent. I'm not entirely sure if this is a case for more people to own Jemile, or fewer people to own Rickie, but next week's pitching lineup looks like it could give a boost to at least one of the two. And that lucky Weeks would be...

A switch hitter, Jemile Weeks is simply much better against left-handed pitchers this season. Observe:vs RHP: .208 average, .572 OPS, .03 steals per at-batvs LHP: .246 average, .683 OPS, .05 steals per at-batThis wasn't always the case. Last year, Weeks was better against RHPs, hitting .310 against them, while he managed a .287 average against lefties. That is, of course, a mystery to be unraveled in a different column. Right now, our concern is next week, and Weeks has four lefties on the slate. And for those of you looking for steals from Weeks, there is some good news here as well: Toronto's new presumed catcher, Jeff Mathis, is a minor downgrade from J.P. Arencibia, so far as throwing out baserunners (Arencibia had a caught-stealing percentage of 34.5 percent, while Mathis catches them at a 30 percent rate). And while Tampa Bay's Jose Molina is in the top 10 of catching stealers (34.2 percent), he's only a backup to Jose Lobaton, who has thrown out just four of 24 potential stolen base attempts this year (16.7 percent).

It's not that Utley has been rested here and there since his return from the DL, because he hasn't. It's more that Utley, and the Phillies, have a really unattractive set of pitching matchups next week. Three games against Washington give them Stephen Strasburg, Edwin Jackson, and Ross Detwiler, while the next three against Arizona feature the always-dangerous Ian Kennedy, the could-be difficult Joe Saunders and the whoa-his-ERA-is-only-3.86-? Trevor Cahill. Utley's had only 81 major league at-bats this season, and running into a group of pitchers of this caliber could be a tough task for him as he gets into a rhythm. He's not benchable solely because of the tough schedule, but it might be wise to look into other options you may have around his level.

Before this season began, one of the biggest questions, in my mind, was which young third baseman would have the better season: Mike Moustakas or Brett Lawrie. As of right now, they look like this:Moustakas: .262 average, 16 home runs, 50 RBI, 48 runs, three steals, 261 Fantasy pointsLawrie: .290 average, nine home runs, 38 RBI, 59 runs, 13 steals, 274 Fantasy pointsCan we declare a winner at this point? Probably not. But I will say that I expected to see some more power from Lawrie (although, in his defense, it's not his fault that he's hit leadoff for the majority of his at-bats), and a better average from Moustakas. This week, Moustakas gets six games, with one lefty (he's hitting much better against RHP this season), while Lawrie has seven games, with three coming agianst lefties (his average is 90 points lower against righties than lefties). It's a race to the end that only us nerds may end up caring about! (My pick: Moustakas)

Freese could be an absolute beast this week. The Cardinals have six games, with four coming against lefties. Three of those lefty starts are in Colorado. We could just leave it at that, but I'll pile on a little more goodness: Freese is hitting .348, with a .966 OPS this season against lefties. In his career, he has a .367 batting average against Colorado. And Freese has been on fire in July so far, with a .433 average and 1.203 OPS. He's owned in 98 percent of leagues, but started in just 89 percent. Those two numbers should probably be 100 and 100 by the time lineups are set on Monday.

It's not so much the schedule here for Middlebrooks -- because, as was noted in the Saltalamcchia argument, if you get past Scherzer and Verlander, you have a bit of a cakewalk waiting for you (assuming you are a Red Sox hitter reading this). And I didn't want to be all weak about it and tell readers to approach some lower-level players with caution, because you'd do that anyway. So I'm picking Middlebrooks, who is due for a bit of a regression coming off the big week. He has a 14-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio for the month and is still nursing a hamstring injury that could force him to sit now and then.

For as disappointing as Hanley Ramirez has been this season, he has managed to sprinkle around enough skill to make an impact at his old/new position; as of Saturday, Ramirez is the second-best shortstop in Fantasy points, beaten out only by Jose Reyes. While he has just a .252 average, his 15 homers, 15 steals, and 19 doubles have managed to keep him above players like Elvis Andrus, Jimmy Rollins and even the mighty Trevor Plouffe. Of course, asking him to pick on players his own size, he drops to ninth in the third base rankings, behind Aramis Ramirez and Martin Prado. Still, it might be a little unfair to slap the "disappointing" label on Hanley at this point, as H2H players hadn't selected him as a first-round pick, and had lowered expectations to begin with.

We are talking some very deep leagues here. So just proceed knowing that. Greene is stuck in second base limbo with Daniel Descalso, Skip Schumaker, and, figuratively, Allen Craig. He has started once in the last 10 games for St. Louis. He is owned in 4 percent of leagues and started in 2. Up until a couple weeks ago, he was confused for Brewers infielder Taylor Green. Look at his stats, and you see a career .218 average and nine total home runs. And yet ... Greene is a somewhat attractive play here. He has three home runs in 89 at-bats against LHPs this year; the Cardinals happen to be facing four of them this week (three, as mentioned before, in Colorado). And if you dip back into Greene's minor-league stats, you see a player much different than the major-league version we have come to know and love -- a .270 career minor league average (which steadily rose as he progressed in the minors), with an OPS that touched as high as 1.001 (in 2011, with Memphis, in the PCL). He had two seasons of 30 or more steals, and never went below double-digits in that category. Greene may look like a terrible option, screaming for you to stay away from him, but this week coming up could be a chance for owners in very deep leagues to squeeze whatever value exists out of the former first-round pick.

Scutaro is no longer a Rockie, which is bad news in and of itself. Granted, his new team visits Colorado for three games this week, but with his role less than solidified with the Giants, you might want to avoid him in mixed leagues for now. He hasn't exactly been ripping the ball lately, batting .215 (17 for 79) over his last 20 games, and it's not like he has the power potential to take advantage of the favorable venue anyway.

Starling Marte has been one of the more buzzed-about players in Fantasy the last few days, after being called up by the Pirates and all but anointed the starting left fielder in an ancient pagan ceremony at PNC Park (not to be confused with an Angel Pagan ceremony at PNC park, which is totally different). Marte has been alternately praised and dismissed with equal ferocity since the move was announced. But very few have fallen in that middle ground between "Huzzah!" and "meh." This may ultimately be the best place for Marte reaction. On one hand, Marte may be getting just a little too much credit as a source of stolen bases. Carlos Gomez and Everth Cabrera are good sources of steals; Marte can get you a few (he has 21 so far this season in Triple-A, through 99 games), but he's not exactly a SB machine. More interesting is this: just for the sake of comparison, look at Andrew McCutchen's minor league numbers, held against Marte's. Marte has a better average (.304 to .286) a sliiiiightly better home run rate, a better stolen base rate, and a better doubles rate. They had exactly identical OBPs, with Marte getting the edge in OPS (.826 to .785). And while McCutchen was very good when he was called up in 2009 (12 home runs, 22 steals), he had a 40-ish game head start on Marte. So if you're looking for quick, cheap steals, Marte may get you a few, but wipe away the buzz surrounding him, and you'll see that there are better options. The hype may be legit, but it's about a more complete player who can contribute in several categories over the course of a season, rather than a source of one category that you can get in bunches over the next 60 games.

Ichiro's revitalization as a Yankee has been almost over-written at this point. Things were desolate in Seattle--Ichiro was surrounded by young, unproven players and played most of his home games in a cavernous stadium that almost forced him (maybe?) to be a slap hitter. Now that he gets to play about half of his games in Yankee Stadium, and all of his games in one of the most potent offenses in baseball, we could be seeing a boost from Ichiro in the second half. Even with rumors of the Yankees possibly not playing Ichiro against lefties, this would be the week where none of that matters -- of their six games, the Yankees face just one LHP (Zach Britton). Plus, the Yankees are at home for all six, meaning Ichiro can now tinker with the short right field porch that produced a huge offensive year out of Johnny Damon late in his career. Bonifacio, meanwhile, will be facing one of the hardest schedules next week, but he has eight games, thanks to a mid-week doubleheader. Let's be honest--you have Bonifacio for steals, so not only does this give him a chance to play an extra game, he also gets to reacquaint himself with Tommy Hanson, who gave up seven steals to the Marlins on Wednesday night.

Ryan Raburn makes the list for a simple reason -- the Tigers don't have any lefties on deck for next week, and Raburn is a right-handed batter, who sees his OPS drop to .701 against right-handed pitchers. Also, with Detroit's acquisition of Omar Infante, Raburn will likely see most of his opportunities come in the outfield, an already-over-stuffed position that is expected to get a little more crowded when Andy Dirks returns from the DL. Raburn is not helping matters with his .171 average and one home run on the season. Hamilton, meanwhile, has one very weird quirk hidden in his otherwise solid career stats -- he can't seem to hit against Kansas City. Granted, the Rangers only have three games against the Royals this week (as opposed to four versus the Angels, a team Hamilton is hitting .250 against this year), but it's interesting to point out that, in the middle of a terrible slump -- Hamilton is hitting just .190 with seven home runs since June 1 -- he faces the Kansas City Royals. And in his career, Hamilton has a .229 average and .659 OPS against the Royals. Of all the teams Hamilton has faced in 20 or more at bats, he hits the worst -- in both average and OPS -- against the Royals.

Chapman, who looked like he wanted to stay in the game, pitched to just one batter and did not allow a hit in his brief outing.

Brian Flynn will have tough time making Royals' staffby Shawn Krest | CBSSports.com

(5:52 pm ET)Royals pitcher Brian Flynn will have a tough time making the Major League roster, according to a report by the Kansas City Star.

Flynn had a 1.50 ERA in nine games this spring, and manager Ned Yost said he was one of the best pitchers in camp. However, the Royals would risk losing either Ryan Madson or Louis Coleman if they sent either of those pitchers down. Flynn still has options available.

(5:48 pm ET)Ryan Madson confirmed to the Kansas City Star that he had a "gentleman's opt-out" clause in his contract with the Royals that would allow him to field offers from other teams, if the Royals try to send him down.

Madson said that he'd be willing to accept a demotion to Triple-A Omaha, if no other team offers him a Major League roster spot.

"But I'm moving forward again," said Crain, who played long toss from 120 feet Monday. "Obviously, when you first come in, you feel like there's a chance, as I was doing so well. ... I don't want to rush it, and [I want to] make sure I'm there and there for good when it happens.

"I've felt better than I have since I've been going through this. So, that's a positive sign. I'm going to stay down here and keep working and be with the staff down here, and we'll put a good plan together to make that happen."

(5:33 pm ET)Free agent left-hander Jose Mijares was suspended 50 games without pay following a second positive test for a drug of abuse, the office of the commissioner of baseball announced on Tuesday, per HardballTalk.com.

Mijares was released by the Reds last week. He surrendered three earned runs on 5 1/3 innings this spring.